Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 95 Falling into the water
  "Let's wait until then!" Jia Qiang shook his head gently, put aside what was in his mind, and focused on the game screen again.

He still added the 5 attribute points gained from upgrading his character level to his agility, raising his agility to 66 points.

Among the skills on the game character status panel, there is a new skill 'Soul Taoist Talisman [Elementary]'.

When he focused on the 'Soul Taoist Talisman [Elementary]', a stream of knowledge was introduced into his brain, causing him to shake his body uncontrollably and almost fall down due to the impact of this knowledge.

"Are you okay?" Lin Ruhai noticed something was wrong with Jia Qiang and asked quickly.

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired!" Jia Qiang explained, fearing that Lin Ruhai would be worried.

Lin Ruhai was still worried about his health, but seeing that he was back to normal again, she thought that she would go back and let him rest for a while.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai stopped talking, Jia Qiang reorganized the knowledge she had received.

This knowledge is the knowledge of making talismans, from making talisman paper, to mixing talisman ink, to drawing fire talismans.

The inherited knowledge of making talismans can only make one kind of talisman, which is the 'Fire Talisman'.

Jia Qiang frowned slightly. Every time she cast the 'Soul Talisman [Elementary]', she needed to consume a 'Fire Talisman'. If she wanted to cast the 'Soul Talisman [Elementary]', she needed to prepare enough 'Fire Talisman' in advance.

He looked at the materials required, but fortunately they were very common.

If there are materials in it that are not available in this world, then this 'Soul Talisman [Elementary]' will be useless.

Then he carefully studied the knowledge of talisman making, and found that making talisman paper and preparing talisman ink could be done by someone else.

Spend more money and find a workshop to make talisman paper and talisman ink. As long as you have money, you can make as much as you want.

Only drawing the 'Fire Talisman' requires Jia Qiang to do it personally. Without the cooperation of mana and strong spirit, it is impossible to draw a 'Fire Talisman' that meets the conditions.

He has a lot of money now, and there is nothing that can be solved with money.

General Luo Wu arrived with a team of soldiers. Zhang Zhizhou and Lin Ruhai only cleaned up the bodies and did not search the area in detail.

When it comes to the loot, after General Luo Wu arrives, there will be no trouble if the three parties work together.

As soon as General Luo Wu arrived at the scene, his eyes fell on Jia Qiang.

"You come to our army, three years, at most three years I can promote you to the position of deputy general!" General Luo Wu promised Jia Qiang.

It was extremely taboo to poach people in front of Lin Ruhai, but General Luo Wu did it anyway.

Such a young master could kill 3,200 private salt dealers by one person. This kind of strength has reached the Yangzhou Camp. The Yangzhou Camp has a strong fighting force that cannot be ignored.

"Thank you, General Luo, for your kindness. I will still stay with Mr. Lin!" Jia Qiang bowed slightly and replied.

Lin Ruhai smiled. He was not worried at all about Jia Qiang being poached by General Luo Wu.

He knew all about Jia Qiang's identity. Not to mention that Jia Qiang was his disciple, but Jia Qiang's own title was higher than that of General Luo Wu. Although the imperial envoy's status had no rank, it was one level higher than that of an official.

It can be said that Jia Qiang's current achievements are the end of most generals' lives. Without the shadow of their predecessors, very few generals can achieve their achievements completely by themselves.

"What a pity. With your skills like this, you should be serving in the army!" General Luo Wu said with regret.

"General Luo, don't talk about this anymore. Send someone to search for the loot quickly. It's best to finish it before dark!" Lin Ruhai looked at the sky and said.

According to the original plan, this battle would take at least half a day of fighting.

Simply searching for the fleeing Salt Gang members would be an extremely time-consuming task.

But who would have thought that Jia Qiang killed half of the Yan Gang members and blocked the other half in the Juyi Hall, so that no Yan Gang members could escape.

Moreover, the battle process was extremely short, so short that it almost took Jia Qiang riding two carriages to resolve the battle.

The only thing consumed is the arrows on the two carriages. These arrows are rarely recoverable. The arrows shot by the treasure bow will cause certain damage as long as they come into contact with any target.

"I was wasting time!" General Luo Wu gave up the idea and said with a smile.

Professionals from the Yangzhou Daying, Yanding and City Guards inspected the area, and batches of silver and illegal salt were found and placed in the newly cleaned square.

"Convert the private salt into silver, a total of 460,000 taels of silver!" After the three parties' accounting offices reconciled, they gave the compromise value.

If you have never seen the extravagant wealth of Yangzhou salt merchants, Jia Qiang will definitely be shocked to know that a Yangzhou gang has a net worth of 460,000 taels.

But his knowledge now is not the same as before. He also knew that the 460,000 taels of silver were probably just for the salt merchant to eat meat and the salt gang to drink some soup.

As long as you are a salt merchant, you will have a lot of wealth.

General Luo Wu, Lin Ruhai, and Zhang Zhizhou went aside to discuss how to allocate the money. The New Year was coming soon. With this extra money, each family could have a comfortable New Year.

"I have a proposal. Each of our three parties will receive 100,000 taels, 60,000 taels will be distributed to the sergeants who contributed this time, and a reward of 100,000 taels will be given to Jia Qiang!" General Luo Wu first proposed.

He is showing his favor to Jia Qiang. Regardless of whether Jia Qiang joins the Yangzhou camp, Jia Qiang's future is almost visible to the naked eye.

As long as Jia Qiang does not commit any serious crimes, it is certain that Jia Qiang will join the military and become a powerful general with his strength.

"I agree. With the strength of the city guards, if the Salt Gang resists, it is impossible to do so without any losses. One hundred thousand taels of silver may not be enough to provide compensation to the city guards and Yan Ding. Since Jia Qiang has solved the Salt Gang alone, , If it weren't for the fact that so many people were dispatched, he should have given all the money!" Zhang Zhizhou agreed with a smile.

"Follow what you guys discussed!" Lin Ruhai followed.

Jia Qiang is his disciple. Jia Qiang has already benefited, so he doesn't need to say anything else.

The three parties were all easy to talk to, and a unanimous opinion was quickly reached.

Among the 60,000 taels of silver, apart from the portion allocated to the 1,500 Yangzhou camp archers, the rest was given to a thousand city guards and 500 salt cadres, which were rewarded on the spot.

Fifteen hundred saltmen and city guards worked hard all day despite the severe cold. If they had some complaints at first, they all disappeared after receiving the money, leaving only warm cheers.

This battle did not require them to fight tooth and nail, and they were rewarded. This kind of good thing naturally makes people happy.

The 100,000 taels of silver that Jia Qiang received were pulled by the two carriages loaded with arrows for him, and were sent back to the Lin Mansion together with the 100,000 taels of silver from the Salt Transport Envoy Yamen.

Jia Qiang and Lin Ruhai also went back together. They have nothing to do here anymore.

Of course, this is not all wealth. According to Lin Ruhai, the salt gang's industries will be investigated next, and these industries will also be distributed.

The same is according to today's distribution plan, but without the share of ordinary sergeants, Jia Qiang is on her own, distributed together with the Salt Transport Envoy Yamen, Yangzhou City Guards, and Yangzhou Camp. A large-scale operation involving three parties and 3,000 troops was dispatched. Although it was kept secret beforehand, the news soon spread throughout Yangzhou City.

Lin Ruhai's mysterious guard was once again mentioned many times by various forces. Now no one dares to underestimate Lin Ruhai.

If you can kill the Salt Gang with one person, you can kill any family or gang in Yangzhou with one person.

In Yangzhou, the only one that can restrain the mysterious guards is the Yangzhou camp. Based on its combat power analysis, neither Yanding nor the city guards can match it.

The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the last day of the year.

Lin Ruhai spent the rare rest of the year teaching Jia Qiang how to read.

After lunch, Lin Ruhai went to rest and Lin Daiyu played in the garden.

She will soon be eight years old, but she is still a child. Nothing happened to her parents, leaving her in an extremely happy environment.

Yunfei and Zhujun were both dressing up for the dinner party in the evening. This was the first time they had participated in Lin's family banquet since coming to Lin's house.

It is usually difficult for them to get in touch with Jia Qiang, which makes them pay more attention to this meeting.

A woman is a confidant, not to mention that Jia Qiang will be their support in the future.

Lin Daiyu was not playing alone, her personal maid Xue Yan was nearby, and there was also a nanny, Aunt Zhang.

"Xueyan, it's a bit cold. Go get the lady's cloak!" Nanny Zhang watched Lin Daiyu come to the pool and hurriedly ordered Xueyan.

There was some panic in Nanny Zhang's eyes, but Xue Yan was so young that she couldn't see it, so she obediently ran back to get her cloak.

Just as Xue Yan left, Lin Daiyu also saw something red hanging on a branch extending toward the water.

Lin Daiyu took a closer look and saw that this seemed to be her favorite handkerchief. Why was it here?
  She looked at the red handkerchief. It was so far away from the edge of the pool that she could reach it with her hand.

Without thinking much, she stretched out her foot and stepped on a stone by the pool. As long as she stepped on the stone, she could reach out and retrieve the red handkerchief.

But when her feet stepped on the stone, she felt a slip under her feet, and she couldn't help but slide into the water.

Nanny Zhang turned her head and pretended not to see Lin Daiyu fall into the water.

It was freezing cold and it was extremely dangerous for even a strong man to fall into the water, let alone a seven-year-old girl.

Water-based items are of no use at this time, because entering the cold pool water will make your hands and feet cramp.

"Help!" Lin Daiyu exclaimed, and then a mouthful of cold water entered her mouth, and she could no longer call out.

She could only keep struggling in the water, with her mouth and nose sometimes submerged in the water, and sometimes struggling to get out of the water for a moment.

Gradually, her struggles became weaker and weaker, and her body sank slowly.

"Something happened to Miss, please save Miss!" A maid happened to be walking across the pond and spotted Lin Daiyu sinking. She screamed in panic.

Nanny Zhang then turned around, as if she had just discovered that Lin Daiyu had fallen into the water, and started shouting together.

In this era, few women knew how to use water, let alone rescue people in this kind of weather.

Even though the call for help here attracted several maids, no one could rescue her in time.

Jia Qiang was reading in the study when he heard a faint cry for help. The study was still some distance away from the pond, but his ears still allowed him to hear the cry for help.

"Something happened to Sister Lin!" When he heard that something happened to the young lady, he immediately understood what was going on.

He threw away the book in his hand and jumped out of the study window before he had time to leave the door.

It was determined that the direction of the call for help was in the garden.

His figure was like lightning. There were two walls between the study room and the garden. He climbed over the wall in a straight line and rushed to the scene as quickly as possible in a straight line.

When Jia Qiang came to the garden, she saw several maids and maids shouting by the pool, and a small figure had sunk into the pool.

Without any hesitation, he stepped on the surface of the pool alternately with both feet, and when he was close to Lin Daiyu, he plunged into the water.

He saw Lin Daiyu in the water. At this moment, Lin Daiyu's eyes were still open, full of fear, but there was no life.

Jia Qiang was shocked. He hugged Lin Daiyu and did not feel Lin Daiyu's heartbeat under the contact.

Although the water in the pool was cold, Jia Qiang's physique was such that he exerted strength with both feet in the water, jumped out of the pool and returned to the shore while holding Lin Daiyu in his arms.

"Miss, Miss, Miss, what's wrong with you!" Xue Yan came to Lin Daiyu's side and gently shook Lin Daiyu's body. The coldness made her extremely scared.

Aunt Zhang, like her maids, was crying as if she was about to collapse.

"Get out of the way, I'll come to the rescue!" Jia Qiang put Lin Daiyu on the ground and shouted to everyone who was in the way.

"Master Qiang, please save the young lady quickly!" Xue Yan reacted, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Jia Qiang ignored Xue Yan. He used the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', but the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' that usually had miraculous effects had no effect at this moment.

"Lin Daiyu was the heroine of the Red Mansion world, how could she die like this?" Jia Qiang thought in disbelief.

He came to this world and changed a lot, including Xue Tong's serious illness and Jia Min's death. With him, Lin Ruhai's death would also be prevented.

But he never thought that because of his appearance, Lin Daiyu would die when she was about to be eight years old.

'Healing [Advanced]' is not useless, but this healing skill only targets living creatures. 'Healing [Advanced]' will have no effect after death.

"No, even if there is no heartbeat or breathing, you can still be saved!" Jia Qiang suddenly thought of the first aid methods in his previous life. He couldn't help but feel annoyed that he had stayed in the world of Red Mansions for so long that he had forgotten the knowledge of his previous life.

You can't blame him. When he came to this world, except for using MSG to obtain reasonable money for practicing the 'Jia's Hundred Turns Refining Technique' and creating a semi-finished flash bomb to save his life, he never used the knowledge from his previous life.

Once he has some self-protection ability, his powerful gaming skills and his own force can completely solve all the troubles around him, not to mention the knowledge of his past life.

Jia Qiang had no distracting thoughts. In fact, no matter how beautiful Lin Daiyu was, he would not have any bad thoughts towards a little girl who was only close to eight years old.

(End of this chapter)